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Chicago Sun-Times
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3 armed carjackings reported in Gresham: police

A carjacking took place in the 7700 block of South Abderdeen Street, June 9, 2019, in Gresham.

Police are warning South Siders about three armed carjackings reported over the last few weeks in Gresham.

In two cases, one or two men approached a person in their vehicle, pulled out a handgun and demanded the person get out of the vehicle, Chicago police said in an alert.

In the other incident, an armed man approached someone in a vehicle that was slowing down in traffic, demand they get out of the vehicle and took off with it.

A carjacking happened at 12:50 a.m. June 9 in the 7700 block of South Aberdeen Street, police said. Another took place at 10 a.m. June 11 in the 700 block of West 79th Street.

The third occurred at 11:45 p.m. June 16 in the 7500 block of South Morgan Street, police said.

Police are looking for one to two 25-year-old men. They were wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans. One reportedly carried a silver-colored handgun and the other carried a black handgun, police said. A dark-colored Jeep may have been involved in one of the carjackings.

Anyone with information should call Area South detectives at 312-747-8273.

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